Lemuel (Mormon)

Lemuel was, in the Book of Mormon, the second son of Lehi and Sariah and the ancestor of the Lamanites. Lemuel and his older brother Laman were known to be rebellious, unlike their younger siblings Sam and Nephi, and they did not trust their father's visions of God. In 600 BC, the family left Jerusalem for the wilderness after God commanded Lehi to do so, and Laman and Lemuel attempted to rebel, even going so far as to beat up and bind Nephi several times. However, an angel rebuked the two brothers, and they were even chastened by God's voice. After the family moved to the "Promised Land" in Central America, Laman and Lemuel's descendants became known as the "Lamanites", who would go on to war with the Nephites on many occasions.